Liopropoma tonstrinum. Photo credit: Lemon TYK. Today's instalment of epithet etymology features two species of reef fish displaying extreme dichotomy in nearly all aspects of their biology - the first, known only as a rare, reclusive denizen of deep reef slopes, while the other, a common [...]
There are new species of fish being discovered all the time. In the last year alone, the discovery of nine new species of handfish (a group related to anglerfish) off the coast of Australia, and two new anglers in the Gulf of Mexico (now endangered by oil spills) have all made headlines in the [...]
